Unidentified assailants have stabbed to death two females at a Uttar Jatrabari residence in Dhaka.

The deceased were identified as Raushan Ara,60, and her housemaid, Kalpana, 12, said Parimal Chandra Das, a sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station.

On information, police recovered the slit-throat bodies from a flat on the first floor of a residential building around 5:30pm, Parimal told The Daily Star.

Other details in this regard were not available immediately.